The Sunday herald., 1887-01-23
CITY NEWS,
TOWN TALK.

TOWN TALK.
The East Washington philharmonic Society held
sociable Tuesday evening, January Is, a, McCau
ley's Hail. IN interesting vocal and instrumental
! ptugtamme was rendered, after which a general
meeting was held.
Dress suits Tot hire at iii Ninth street.
..Mr. Sanford L. Green, Of Altoona, Pa, ,drsuebts
man OF the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad, has been visiting
MS brother, Dr. \. NJ, Green, ofhnacostia
nPiquc and hand. embroidered bosom shirts Tot
full dress at Tcol's.
Two Of the steam ircdges are being repaired n,
the Navy Yard aud new ono Is being bunt.
IT You arc tired, exhausted, weak, or uerveous,
| Try glass OF "Excclsor Nerve FoOl.n For sale Ivy
dealers generally, at twenty five cents per quart.
| bottle This Nerve Food is d great Improvement on
other kinds, and is bottled by samuel &. Palmer,
| Depots, 6l5 ID street southwest and 1924 Twenty.
| ninth street northwest.
goods, suitable for German favors. Visiting cards
| anu wedding invitations properly engraved. VI. W.
| Sait, Bro. TO-, llOI Pennsylvania avenue.
MIR. 7. +. Dean, the new manager OF Harrlss
| Iheatre was formerly private secretary to Cover.
nor English, OF Indiana. lie was manager OF the
noted English opera House in Indianapolis for long
period.
Dress Suits Tor hire at il4 Ninth street.
| Lecture on Abraham Lincoln, by Dr. Powell, OF
Illinois, Monday evening, 2ith instant, at Masonic
Temple.
MIR. Hugh Coylc, tho advance agent NJ iIaverlys
Mlnslrcs' IS IN town aud is stopping a, the Harris
Miss Il. IL. Powell, af Milwaukee, Wis. was an
pointed To Ulerkshp in the Treasury Department,
on the 18TH instant, and assigned to duty in the War.
rant Division OF the Secretary ONCE on Monday.
Go TO keryand's for Handsomely engraved mon-
ograms.
There has been general Encouragement OF the
| rooms in the First tomptrollers off,cc during the
past week, 80 that the divisions heretofore badly
separated aud mixed are consolidated. The last VI
,hc OLD chiefs IN this Office, Mr. 5. e. CLARK, who has
necn IN nus once and at the same desk and work
tOr tweuty-three years, was retired recently and
took his leave with the best wishes OF all MS fellow.
clerks. Mr.. Walton OF Kentucky, who succeeds
MI clark mas taken hold OF his duties with intelli.
gence AMI 'igor, and promises to he available add-
| lion to the oflce.
a Pension once clerk can readily he detected
on lne Avenue hy the lime dust, plaster, and mortar
on his boots.
tonnage college is giving a series OF sunday
evening lectures at the Harris Opera House. owing
to the generosity OF MIR. Harris, his cozy little thea
free of charge for the entire series The priests OF
the college have sent an autograph letter OF thanks
| 10 MIR. Harris.
Take your plates to Kervand, and have your visit,
ing cards engraved for 10 cents per hundred. First
class work. 1912 Pennsylvania avenue.
cardinal Archbishop Gibbons will administer
me Sacrament of Confirmation TO the children at ST.
Matthew g Church to-day.
Street aud evening gloves, the best Qualities and
all the favorite shades, al Teel's.
-Messrs Arthur Small, w. d. Tlorrgan, ana John
Moran have been elected as delegates. with Messrs
+. T. King, J. II. Crowley and j. B. McGirr as al
ternates 70 the annual convention of the National
| Catholic Union TO he held iu Baltimore the 2Tth
| instant.
Phil Butler and Charles Kelly, two negroes dis.
ruted bet last night at the corner of Seventh and
| y streets The dispute led IN blows aud general
| tight. In the melee Kelly drew knife and cut
Butler terrible cash in the side lie was carried
| 10 MS nome on Twelfth street, near Rhode Island
avenue, where DIR. Gleason attended him. The
| alarming nature of the wound led DR.. Gleason to
notiiy the police of the affair, who took immediate
steps TO arrest the would.be murderer, but up 10
late hour he mad not been apprehended.
-Rev. p. j. Donahue came over and celebrated
mass at st. Matthews Friday morning. He will ac :
company Bis Eminence Cardinal Gibbons on his trip
10 Rome. They will leave Baltimore on the 26th for
New YORK, aud sail from that city on the 10th in
slant on the steamer La Burgogbe.
This morning atthe II O'Clock mass His Emil
nence Cardinal Gibbons will preach at St. Matthew'S
| church. and administer the sacrament OF conarma.
| ton in the evening after vespers.l
The new one and two-dollar bills turned out re-
Gently from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing,
as far as quality of paper is concerned do not give
satisfaction to those who have TO handle them In
business. The paper Is very brittle and tears with
the least pressure and naturally III banks and bus-
ness houses OCCASION gUod deal of bother and
| delay.
| Int Dlslllcl COUNCIL OF ine tatnOllc knights of
America have been organized by the election OF the
following Officers: MIR. j. II. Buscher. President;
III. Dermody, Vice President: f. y. Deveraux,
Secretary; y. B. Dunn, Treasurer; delegates TO the
Supreme se Council whlcn meets In Chicago on the
aud w. Walter; aternates, W. +. Clarkson and
Joseph Waltemyer.
dress Suits for hire al +l4 Ninth street.
The National Union Fire Insurance Company
has elected Mr.. Charles b. Bailey to Ii the vacancy
,rnCtDrs Y he do NJ mi
| late William Dixon.
Judge u. e. Pinkertun. Oficc Of First Comp
troer, reached the seventeen mile-post Monday,
January Ia having been born January II, 1917. His
| friends and fellow.clerks TO the number of thirty
gave him a genuine surprise and made suitable
presents to the Judge and the Daby, who Is over
| siNty-nine years his junior
All the elite have their cards engraved and mon-
ograms stamped at kervands. lhl2 Pennsylvania
avenue.
MIR. II. u. Mclutyre, secretary of the National
Jockey ,,,m mS,n6 arrived IN town Friday Mr. McIn
| the stakes for the spring meeting.
The large new clock with gilt hands and flgures
| that was placed In the Baltimore and Potomac De-
pot last THURSDAY IL beauty, and Il OF great
Venlence to the travelling public.
Professor d. b. Macleod has been appointed
organlst OF Christ Episcopal Church, of West Wash
| ington.
Mime. Emma soule, of 3O5 Flfh avenue, New
| YORK, has opened branch at 1879 F street north
West wnerc Sne mas selection OF imported dinner,
reception and ball dresses. All orders ed short
| notice.
Mr.. John b. Patterson, chief computer OF the
Supervising Architects ONCE, who mas been alarm
ingy III for the past two weeks is somewhat better.
| "Hoop OF Gold a melodrama which was received
with much favor on It's former production here,
Will be the attraction at Barton Logans Dime
Museum this week. Mr.. Mortimer Murdoch, the
author, presents the character OF Scotty; Mr. Louis
| Haywood, Wrench; and Miss Josie Robinson Rnth
Bullion, which. We are assured, she portrays In a
| most artistic and sympathetic manner.
The lIavery Mnstrels will parade the principal
streets OF the city next Thursday leaving the New
| National Theatre at 1880 NJ. This famous organ
izaton has OF the hest bands on the road as IL
Will be remembered the company and ba nd partici-
paed In both the inaugural aud funeral pr ocession
OF the late President Garfield,
Dress Suits for hire at 4l4 Ninth street.
-"Justh's old stand, ,"6l9 D streetnorthwest buys
gents secondhand clothing. Note by mail promptly
attended to.